Among the major groups, the largest difference in relative importances between the old series and the revised CPI was in the housing category.

This shift in relative importances reflects a geographic shift of the population into the southern and western regions as well as changing relative prices among the fuels between the early 1970's and early 1980's.

Somewhat offsetting these shifts were smaller relative importances for personal care goods and services, as well as for tobacco products.

The December 1986 relative importance for the food and beverages category was 17.

The second factor in the lower relative importance of the transportation component was the shift in the weights of new and used vehicles--the 1982-84 based relative importance of used vehicles is sharply lower and that for new vehicles, substantially higher.

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